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Northbound 405 Fwy. to southbound 710 Fwy. At 3:55 a.m., a motor vehicle struck a center divider, overturned and caught fire, killing the driver. A Sigalert issued at 4:19 a.m. closed the transition road, which was canceled at 7:44 a.m.

2600 block of Grand Ave. At 7:26 p.m., a woman in a nursing home was found unresponsive after an alleged physical assault, Authorities attempted lifesaving measures, but 78-year-old Eunice Brown was pronounced dead at the scene from strangulation. A suspect, 69-year-old Estela Jaramillo Rodriguez of Long Beach was arrested at the scene, booked for murder. Bail: $2,000,000.

6797 Atlantic Ave. At 2 p.m., multiple vehicle fires inside the parking garage of a several-story residential building were fought by firefighters, preventing flames from spreading into residential units and rescuing two cats from a smoke-filled apartment. Although the fire was contained to the vehicles, heavy smoke traveled throughout parts of the building. The pets were later safely reunited with their owner. About 35 firefighters responded to the incident. One witness commented, “the hero is firefighter Dan Ludwig of Engine 12. He jumped out of the fire truck and ran up the stairs to save three toddlers from the apartment that was on fire. He had no gear on. Just pants, T-shirt and boots on.”

Lakewood Blvd. between Del Amo Blvd. and Arbor Rd. A man stood in the roadway at 3:41 p.m. until taken away for evaluation. 

Spring St. at California Ave. At 9:45 p.m., two customers at Dollar Tree approached the counter with items, then scrambled away in a car with the clerk taking photos of the dark sedan in which they sped off with potentially several dollars in miscellaneous items. No dollars or trees were harmed in this incident.

4716 Lakewood Blvd. A two-car accident at 6:55 a.m., injuries and fault unknown, but with several similar incidents plaguing this stretch of road in recent weeks.

6800 block of Long Beach Blvd. At 9:49 p.m., a gunshot victim walked into a hospital with a non-life-threatening wound to the lower body. He was not sure where he’d been shot.

Ocean Blvd. at Termino Ave. According to a witness on Nextdoor, at 4:30 p.m., about 200 e-bike riders “ran through the red on Termino heading to the pier.” Said another, “they attacked a man and beat him up by the pier. While it was happening, a couple kids wanted to throw his bike in the ocean. There were a few boys that actually stopped the assault and helped him up and gathered his bike parts.”

6000 block of Atlantic Ave. At 12:23 a.m., two men argued, one stabbed the other, causing an upper body injury.

2000 block of W. Wardlow Rd. At 3:16 a.m., a shooting between a man and a victim who knew each other ended injury free. The alleged shooter was arrested.

100 Pacific Coast Hwy. At 11:30 p.m., a shooter wounded a trio of women at a liquor store parking lot, a possibly dangerous place to be near midnight. The victims were taken to the hospital, two with lower body wounds, one in critical condition with upper body wounds.

Walton St. at Stanbridge Ave. At 10 a.m. a man riding an electric scooter turned westbound from Stanbridge Avenue onto Walton Street and drifted into the path of a 2024 Toyota Tundra pickup driven by a 42-year-old man. The Toyota driver attempted to stop, but wasn’t able to avoid a collision. The victim, Nicholas Thompson, 31, died at the scene.

3900 block of Cedar Ave. At 6:15 p.m., a two-man verbal dispute was solved with a non-life-threatening stab wound to the upper body of the arguing other man.

700 Block of Belmont Ave. At 8:52 p.m., a male juvenile experienced a non-life-threatening stab wound by an unknown assailant.

1400 block of Redondo Ave. At 3:06 a.m., Suzette Aparijo, a 48-year-old resident of Hawaiian Gardens, was found deceased from a gunshot wound to the head, Juan Antonio Cruz, a 45-year-old resident of Long Beach, who was in a dating relationship with the victim, was arrested for murder. Bail: $2,000,000.

Studebaker Rd. and 22 Fwy. A 9 a.m. road rage involved a grey Dodge Ram and a black Audi.

Spring St. & Claremore Ave. A motorcyclist down at 3:47 after allegedly running a light, colliding with another vehicle.  Not the first bike to be involved in that area.

12th St. and Lewis Ave. At 7:28 p.m., a man with a gunshot wound to his upper body was hospital bound in critical condition.

1200 Block of Pine Ave. A 2:44 a.m. shooting with no apparent victims and a missing shooter.

605 Fwy. near Carson St. At 3:25 p.m., about a dozen young males on mopeds adorned with 605 Minibike Gang shirts and the required helmets wove in and out of northbound traffic, turning the freeway into Mario Kart.

700 Block of Shoreline Dr. At 6:12 p.m., a man with stab wounds to his upper body was hospital bound.